NAIROBI, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) -- Senior United Nations officials on Wednesday reaffirmed their commitment to multilateralism, highlighting its role in revitalizing global action on the planetary crises of climate change, habitat loss, pollution, and waste.

The remarks were made during Multilateral Environmental Agreements Day, held on the sidelines of the ongoing seventh session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-7) in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital.

UNEA-7 President Abdullah Bin Ali Al-Amri said the current wave of geopolitical shifts calls for nations to promote cooperation and consensus while tackling planetary threats.

"We need to deepen dialogue, share experiences, and pursue our collective goal of finding solutions to the rapidly evolving ecological crisis," he said. "A safer and more resilient planet is within reach if we strengthen multilateral environmental agreements."

Dedicating a full day to multilateral environment agreements during UNEA-7 underscores the centrality of a rules-based international system in advancing the global green agenda, Al-Amri said.

Inger Andersen, executive director of the United Nations Environment Program, said that multilateral environmental agreements have withstood geopolitical tremors, presenting hope to the community of nations keen to chart a new roadmap for green and inclusive growth.

According to Andersen, global treaties and conventions that promote a fairer planet, free from emissions and pollution, have retained their relevance despite the changing geopolitical landscape.

"The issue at hand is strengthening the tapestry of global environmental governance to spur stronger, faster, and more coordinated action across the three planetary crises of climate change, nature and land, biodiversity loss, desertification, pollution, and waste," Andersen said.

Joswa Aoudou, president of the 13th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, said that vibrant multilateralism holds the key to stabilizing the climate and tackling declining soil and water health linked to chemical pollution.

He stressed the urgency of repurposing multilateral environmental agreements and enhancing their capacity to respond to ecological threats that are detrimental to human and ecosystem health. ■